Why I Don't Volunteer That I'm Armed To The Police

[Annihilator]

In Ohio you do not have to inform them you are carrying….period! Some city cops think that you do, but most of these cops don’t know CCW laws…….

 

[The Night Rider]

Well, I live in South Texas and have to go through border check points occasionally.

I had to go through a border checkpoint outside of Sierra Vista. I am like Ghost White Pale.

The BP guy walked up to the car and I don't remember if you asked me if I was a citizen or not. I don't remember what he said but I was like "What am I supposed to do? Do I give you my driver's license or my military ID or what?" He just looked at me and laughed and said "GTF out of here"

 

[The Night Rider]

In Ohio you do not have to inform them you are carrying….period! Some city cops think that you do, but most of these cops don’t know CCW laws…….

Even if they ask you?

 

[The Night Rider]

When I was working as a security guard I encountered cops while I was carrying a gun on a nightly basis.

Most of them didn't give a damn.

One time I was checking Parks and Rec and six cop cars surrounded me. They were answering a man with a gun call.

Apparently somebody saw a guy with a rifle across the street in a patch of woods between the road that Parks and Rec is on and the interstate.

The head cop was asking me If I'd seen anything, had I been there for any length of time, and similar questions. I was in uniform, he knew I worked for G4S. He told me to exercise caution while I was finishing my checks but probably would be best for me to get out of the area ASAP.

Then asked me if I was armed. They were standing in a circle around me probably less than 2 feet away and I watched the guy on my right look at my hip and that was the first time that it occurred to any of them that I might have a gun on me.

Parks And Rec was one of my favorite buildings to check.

The cops went to go check out the woods and I continued my rounds and at some point I saw them pull an AR out of the trunk of a car and I heard him chamber a round. That's why I thought this might be getting serious.

 

[Annihilator]

Even if they ask you?

You really don’t have to tell them unless like you said if they ask….excerpt from the Ohio AG CCW book…..

“Traffic Stops and Other Law Enforcement Encounters

If you are stopped for a law enforcement purpose and carrying a concealed

handgun, you are no longer required to inform the officer that you are

carrying. However, if the officer asks whether you are carrying, you must

answer truthfully. Even if the officer doesn’t ask if you are carrying a firearm,

being forthright about it enhances safety for you and the officer.

If in a vehicle you shall remain in the vehicle with hands in plain sight at

all times.”

 

[Lab4Us]

with hands in plain sight at all times.”

This seems to be what gets a lot of “innocent” folks in trouble, as least with the highly publicized incidents involving LE and legal concealed carriers. The inability of those concealsed carrying to keep their hands where the LEO(s) can see them.

I think a few of those were in states where licenses are still required (no Constitutional Carry) and, to be honest, as the number of states WITH Constitutional Carry has increased, I’m surprised these type of unnecessary incidents have not…but that’s obviously a good thing!

 

[bc22wm]

I’ve never felt a need to interact with law enforcement with a chip on my shoulder. It has seemed to work out very well for me over the past 67 years.

When stopped at night, I turn on the interior light, turn of the radio, roll down the window and sit with both hands at 12 on the steering wheel. The police have a y enough job as it is without me making it worse.
BTW, In Me. you are only required to tell if you are Constitutional carry.